Submitting claims to Russia on $ 50 billion of Yukos managers received shares illegally – Russian Oil

«Oil of Russia», 23.03.16, Moscow, 12:36 The source did not rule out that the result obtained evidence new charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky,

Russian law enforcement authorities have received proof of the illegality of the acquisition of top-managers of “YUKOS” shares of the oil company, told “Interfax” a source familiar with the situation.

“as a result of further investigation of so-called” big Yukos case “, as well as study materials seized in the course of the end of last year, searches and seizures, the police have evidence that former Yukos co-owners became shareholders this largest company illegally through fraud, “- said

It is not ruled out that the evidence obtained will serve as a basis for making new charges of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other former Yukos co-owners and trial
“Thus, foreign legal entities, backed by former top managers and co-owners of Yukos, had no legal grounds for the presentation of the Hague arbitration court of the Russian Federation claims to 50 billion dollars”, – said the source
last December, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced verifying the legitimacy of the acquisition of the oil company YUKOS top managers, who have sued to recover $ 50 billion with Russia. In Moscow supporters of ex-head of Khodorkovsky were raided.

“In connection with the international litigation initiated on behalf of foreign companies,” Hull Enterprises Limited “,” Yukos Universal Limited “and” Veteran Petroleum Limited “aimed at the forced recovery from Russian funds in the amount of more than 50 billion US dollars, the result also verified the information submitted by the plaintiffs international and foreign courts, the legality and legitimacy of the acquisition of shares of OJSC” NK “Yukos” and the subsequent disposition “, – said spokesman Vladimir Markin TFR.

According to him, “in order to verify information about the legalization in Russia cash proceeds from legalization of stolen property before, TFR, in cooperation with the Russian Interior Ministry units conducted searches in the houses and field work of individual entrepreneurs and other entities financed from abroad from the accounts of organizations in the past and may in the present controlled by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Leonid Nevzlin and other members of the group headed. “

Markin said that main Investigation Department of the TFR criminal case against the former major shareholders, and Yukos executives “into the theft of oil subsidiaries of oil producing companies Yukos and its implementation, as well as money laundering, proceeds from the sale of stolen, including in respect of persons declared a wanted list “.

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